BEST FROM: watches-dealer & Friends July 5th
Minute repeaters are arguably the most romantic of all complications and in this edition's roundup, we listen to the enchanting chimes of nine Patek Philippe repeaters. We also check out Ball's prototype annual calendar watch; learn about 10 technically important watches; visit Montblanc's Villeret?manufacture; and learn some tips about buying vintage Rolex watches.1. Ball Engineer II Annual Calendar Watch Hands-OnYou might know Ball as a brand that makes watches with Tritium gas tubes, but Tritium gas tubes aside, Ball has serious horological aspirations. This year at Baselworld, we had the chance to to try out their new annual calendar watch. The watch, still a prototype at this point, uses a base ETA movement but fitted with Ball's unique annual calendar module. The movement was housed in an Engineer II case and Ball said that it would be the most affordable annual calendar watch in the market when it is released. Personally, I think it looks rather handsome. I just wish they made t

the 5070 is gorgeous ��. but have you seen this ?
Found this picture via Google but the pic is imo not good enough to see if it is real or fakesalmon dialdifferent handsdots and Breguet numbers on the dial

1st Patek Philippe purchase dilemma!
An avid vintage Rolex collector, I want to add a PP to my collection and have narrowed the choice down to two watches, unfortunately I can't afford both! The first for which I'm currently on an AD's waiting list for, is the soon to be released 5960/1A, the other and it would be stretching my budget to the limit, is the 5170G-001. Both have their pluses and minuses, the 5960/1A is automatic wind (a convenience), has a day, date and month display (plus) but no seconds sub dial (minus). The 5170G is manual wind (less convenient), no date display (minus), a seconds sub dial (plus) and is of precious metal (a nice extra). My thoughts are, am I getting more watch for my outlay in the 5960/1A compared with the 5170G or is the movement of the latter the crowning jewel for which I should be appreciating it. Both are chronographs which is what I'm after yet different in their presentation though appealing in equal amounts. I had originally dismissed the 5170G purely on price hence the 5960/

Will this request 'gain traction' on here?
Can we all start using the Rolex model names instead of the ref #'s ??This drives me crazy, do I need to make myself a cheat sheet....

Any Rolexes going to the NFL division football game
This guy is going...114060Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk